I consider Age of Empires my introduction into computer gaming. A fellow student of mine showed me this game on his computer one night and I was so impressed I bought the game the next day. I played it for hours and hours, doing all the campaigns and then moving onto winning the game in every way possible with every civilization they offered. Of course, the game does have it's limitations as far as RTS's are concerned. However, I still come back to this game every once and a while to play a round or two, for old times sake. The introduction and tutorial was helpful in getting a new gamer started, I had no trouble jumping into the game after completing this. The campaigns are decent, they could have been a little harder, but fun to complete nonetheless. The plots were good, but could have been improved and expanded upon just a little. I do wish they had more civilizations to utilize in the game and the interface was a little tedious at times. It was hard keeping up with civilians when they finished work and just stood there and sometimes the military units wouldn't attack an enemy when it attacked a nearby building. Of course, these problems were dealt with perfectly in Age of Empires 2. The graphics, at the time the game was created are fairly decent, though very dated now. The graphics, however, did seem a little too small and the detail could have been better. Overall, I did enjoy this game tremendously.
I was out of gaming for over 10 years. A person at work had me download the trial for AoE and that is how I became addicted again. RTS games are away to create an environment that allow for people of all ages to enjoy ... Read Full Review
Microsoft has decided to make a game about something that they are experts on, the rise of an empire. At first glance, Age of Empires looks sort of like a cross between Civilization 2 and Warcraft II, and that is a fairl... Read Full Review
